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diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt index 8e9a971a8..5fb5b7c88 100644 --- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt +++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt @@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS Do not use this flag unless you know exactly what you're getting yourself into. You have been warned. -Examples -~~~~~~~~ +Basic Examples +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracking and contributing to an Subversion managed-project: @@ -234,6 +234,34 @@ This allows you to tie unfetched SVN revision 375 to your current HEAD:: git-svn fetch 375=$(git-rev-parse HEAD) +Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized Repository +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +If you're tracking a directory that has moved, or otherwise been +branched or tagged off of another directory in the repository and you +care about the full history of the project, then you can read this +section. + +This is how Yann Dirson tracked the trunk of the ufoai directory when +the /trunk directory of his repository was moved to /ufoai/trunk and +he needed to continue tracking /ufoai/trunk where /trunk left off. + + # This log message shows when the repository was reorganized:: + r166 | ydirson | 2006-03-02 01:36:55 +0100 (Thu, 02 Mar 2006) | 1 line + Changed paths: + D /trunk + A /ufoai/trunk (from /trunk:165) + + # First we start tracking the old revisions:: + GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn init \ + https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/trunk + GIT_SVN_ID=git-oldsvn git-svn fetch -r1:165 + + # And now, we continue tracking the new revisions:: + GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn init \ + https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ufoai/ufoai/trunk + GIT_SVN_ID=git-newsvn git-svn fetch \ + 166=`git-rev-parse refs/remotes/git-oldsvn` + BUGS ---- If somebody commits a conflicting changeset to SVN at a bad moment |